Inside the room : writing TV with the pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
2013
Book
What does it take to go from being a TV fan to a professional TV writer? Television writers--whose many produced credits include The Simpsons; Mad Men; Frasier; X-Files; Battlestar Gallactica; CSI: Miami; Law and Order; and House, M.D.--take aspiring writers through the process of writing their first spec script for an on-air series, creating one-hour drama and sitcom pilots that break out from the pack, and revising their scripts to meet pro standards. They also learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare look inside the process of creating, selling, and getting a TV show made. Edited by Linda Venis, Director of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, Inside the Room is an unmatched resource for everything readers need to know to write their way into the Writers Guild of America.
Main title:
Inside the room : writing TV with the pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program / edited by Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Department of the Arts and Writers' Program.
Imprint:
New york : Gotham books, 2013.
Collation:
xvi, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Writing Your One-Hour Television Drama Specs and Pilots -- 1.Writing the On-Air One-Hour Drama Spec: The Story and Outline by Joel Anderson Thompson -- 2.Writing the On-Air One-Hour Drama Spec: The Script / Charlie Craig -- 3.Writing the One-Hour Drama Pilot / Richard Manning -- 4.Revising One-Hour Drama Specs and Pilots / Matt Witten -- SECTION II Writing Your Half-Hour Television Comedy Specs and Pilots -- 5.Writing the On-Air Half-Hour Comedy Spec: The Story and Outline / David Chambers -- 6.Writing the On-Air Half-Hour Comedy Spec: The Script / David Chambers -- 7.Writing the Half-Hour Comedy Pilot / Phil Kellard -- 8.Sitcom Master Class: Creating Comedy Through Character / David Isaacs -- SECTION III Being a Professional in the Television Business -- 9.Launching and Sustaining a Television Writing Career / Alison Lea Bingeman -- 10.The TV Year / Richard Hatem.
ISBN:
9781592408115 (pbk)1592408117 (pbk)
Dewey class:
808.225 In722r808.225
LC class:
PN1992.7
Language:
English
BRN:
49059
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